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misappropriation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Misappropriation \Mis`ap*pro`pri*a"tion\, n. Wrong appropriation; wrongful use From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: misappropriation n 1: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else [syn: {embezzlement}, {peculation}, {defalcation}, {misapplication}] 2: wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"
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